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    Hi I wonder if anyone has any idea when these photo's could have been taken so i could take a guess as to it being my grandfather or great grandfather
    thanks


  • #2
    No idea - I'm not very good at dating photos but I'd say they were both of the same boy and both taken in a photographer's studio using backdrops.

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    • #3
      Hi
      I'm hoping it is my grandfather who was born in 1917.
      they are postcards with the studio name & address on the back but no dates

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      • #4
        have you tried googling for the studio - they often have the dates the studio was working and it would give you some indication of the time period.

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        • #5
          apparently the postcard format ran from the beginning of the 1900's til approximately 1950 - I don't know if that helps narrow it down a bit
          Vikki -
          Researching Titchmarsh and Tushingham

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          • #6
            1860 brenda xxx

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            • #7
              Are you able to scan the backs and put them on here ... or tell us the names/addresses of the Photographer ?


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              • #8
                I would say round about the first World War, give or take a few years.

                That home made horse gives it away, I think - it has been made up out of odds and ends lying around, and the legs are chair legs, which have been machine turned and mass produced, making it very late Victorian at the earliest.

                OC

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                • #9

                  Address on the back is
                  A.Geo. Bussell,City Studio
                  74 Barton St, Gloucester
                  if that helps

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                  • #10
                    Childrens clothing is quite hard to date, and the first photo could be of either sex as they were dressed alike, but the style of the clothes and of the photo itself looks to be post 1910.......

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                    • #11
                      had a quick look for the photographer .... in Gloucester (googled) and also tried 1901 census .... no luck so far


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                      • #12
                        Thanks Rachel
                        I had a quick look on google with no luck as well.
                        I am pretty sure they are of my grandad born 1917 or his brother born 1915 rather than of their father.

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                        • #13
                          I think they are older than that - the pictures, not the boys
                          Jess

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                          • #14
                            The child in the second picture appears to be wearing knitted gaiters/socks, that is a 20th century thing.

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                            • #15
                              I found the Photographer in the 1914 Kelly's directory for Gloucestershire

                              Bussell Alb Geo 74 Barton St Gloucester

                              Historical Directories

                              Checked in 1897 and he wasn't there then, but at least it gives you a better idea
                              Last edited by vikki brace; 29-12-07, 21:47.
                              Vikki -
                              Researching Titchmarsh and Tushingham

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                              • #16
                                I've been looking for him on the censuses just out of curiosity and can not find him.

                                There's a birth of an .. Albert George Bussell 1880 .... Axbridge, Somerset .... but no sign of him after that


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